Avus wrote: > > o it is not clear if a modified GPL is still compatible with the GPL, in > all cases. Some people will argue that it is not. If a developer wants > to use code under "modified GPL", does then the whole work have to carry > the license addition, even if Qt is not needed there? Or take a > qt-programme with a modified GPL, that is temporarity 'linked' to a > "pure GPL" programme without Qt calls, is this legal (note that this is > the "plugin case", which is unclear anyway). For another example look at > the p.s.
The LGPL is a "bridge license" ( My term ). It was designed specifically to allow running GPL and none GPLed apps to run on the system at the same time. > So I am against such a license change and in favor of a more informal > consent of the authors. If an author does not agree, the respective > programme should not be in the Debian packages, unless Debian officially > grants Qt the 'system library status' to use the respective exception > clause in the GPL. OK. I see your reasoning. Makes sense too. > Yes, they expressed it in their annoucement to drop KDE. Unfortunately > Debian didn't mention the system library clause and why *they* didn't > want to use it (DFSG don't allow non-free libs to be part of the > system). The announcement gave the impression that the expressed reasons > were universally (and undisputedly) valid, which was IMHO quite > offensive to other distributors. OK. So therefore if QT goes into main KDE becomes universally acceptable ? Note my avoidance of RedHat ? They will be smart to ship ONLY Gnome regardless of the relative quality of the 2 environments and the existence of license questions. It's call "differentiating your product" :) > Things like this are not very relevant at the moment, but when more > non-qt KDE apps are developed and KOM/OpenParts will be used with other > toolkits, this may quickly become a hot topic. And even if such claims > are void, it may again lead to a lot of bad feelings in the community. > (Guess we should better use LGPL for everything) I like this Idea. Frankly it could be done and the developers can start doing it after 1.1 ships.
